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Monday, 28 May 2012

“How can you do this to me? I’m part of the team and it’s my job to
assassinate that damn woman!” Now I’m in total rage. Stefan wants to calm me
down but I shoot a death glare at him. Stefan sighs and raises his both hands
in defeat. No one can stop me now.

“Your job is to protect this Academy,” says Jeff in a low,
threatening voice. He never talks to me this way before and I never yell at
him, too.

“I’m an assassin, Jeff,” I threaten him back. “Your job is my job
too. You said once that we’re a team. And good leader never leaves his men
behind!”

“I know my place, Alice!” Now Jeff is in rage as he bangs on the
table and approaches me. This time, he doesn’t look like a big brother that
I’ve known. “I’m your First-Class Commander and also a Vice Chancellor. You are
just my underling, get it!” He grits his teeth while leaning his face closer to
mine. “You disobey me, you’ll pay for the consequences!”

I feel a pang inside my heart and it is very hurt. Everyone stares
at him unbelievably. How dare he talks to me like that, in front of all people?
Even Stefan can’t do anything except stays silence.

“I hate you, Jeff,” I blurt out. “I hate you!” I shove his shoulders
and leave the meeting room. I can hear Stefan is calling out for me from behind
but I ignore him. I teleport to my room at the North Tower.

Abbie is taken aback as I suddenly appear in front of her. I know I
look very miserable right now.

I tell her everything about what happened during the meeting. I’m
not in rage anymore but in tears. Abbie caresses my back as she wants to calm
me down. My heart shatters like a broken mirror. It really hurts.

I wake up as the sun goes down. Usually, I feel very energetic every
time I see the sunset but today I feel nothing. I just stare at the window,
looking at the lovely sunset while thinking of what I am going to do tonight.
Abbie is getting ready for her task and she says goodbye few minutes later.
Abbie is an assassin too but not in my group.

I walk around the fountain, hoping for the mysterious ‘guardian’ but
he’s not there. I don’t know how to call for him so I just sit on the bench. I
sigh heavily as I look up at the dark sky. It doesn’t snow tonight.

“I know I’ll found you here, Alice,” says a voice that I really know
so much. I turn around and see Stefan standing next to me, smiling.

“What do you want?” I ask him and turn my gaze away.

He sits next to me and gently put his hand on top of mine. His hand
is so warm.

“I know you still feel sad about last night. I never saw you quarrel
with Jeff like that before,” says Jeff. I just stay in silence. “I know that
you’re still mad at him but there must be reasons why he wanted us to stay
here.”

“I don’t know what to think, Stefan,” I sigh heavily and close my
eyes as I lean my head to his shoulder. “He was so cold, like he’s not Jeff. We
never raise our voices like yesterday, before.”

Stefan holds my hand and squeezes gently.

“I hate him, Stefan. I really hate him,” I suddenly say that.

“Hey, don’t say that,” he whispers. “Maybe he just wanted to protect
you from danger, Alice. And he wants me to protect you here. He’s not a person who
will do something without a reason, Alice. You know him better than I do,” says
Stefan.

Suddenly, I realize about something. Something weird about Jeff last
night. The way he talked to me is not he’s mad, but he tried to look mad so
that I’ll stay. Yes, I that’s right! Jeff got another plan and he didn’t want
me and Stefan to get involve. Besides, I remember what Alse said that night.

“I’ll give you a ride,” he smirks and changes into a wolf. I hop on
his back and without wasting any time, we rush to the main door.

As we nearly reach the door, someone is standing there. Stefan stops
running and growls to that man. It’s the man who claims himself as my guardian!

“What do you want this time? Trying to stop us?” I ask in a cold
tone. “I don’t have time to talk to you. I need to go to Jeff, to stop Alse!”

Alice, who is this hooded
guy? Asks Stefan.

“I’m her guardian, Stefan Silver,” that man replies. “And I’m here
not to stop you but to warn both of you.”

Stefan and I look at each other than look at that mysterious man
again.

“Someone is going to be a sacrifice, tonight. Even it will stop Alse
for a while, but both of you need to be careful. Alse wanted something from
you, something that will make her live for eternity,” says that man and then
vanish.

Stefan tells me to hold on tight while he dashes into the dark
night. I don’t know what that man is trying to say but I have a bad feeling
when he said about someone who has to be a sacrifice.

We reach at the end of Enchanted Forest. Suddenly we hear a scream.
A horrifying scream that brings chill down to my spine. I gulp as I hear the
scream.

It’s not very far. Let’s
go!” Says Stefan and we run towards that scream.

Stefan stops as we see a woman, who is still screaming, holding a
girl who looks just like me. What is happening here? I jump off Stefan’s back
and look around. Beatrice and Zayne are here but wounded. I look at the girl
again but this time she’s not the girl anymore.

“False blood! How dare you trick me, you little half-vamp?” that
woman, or Alse, screams in pain. Her body is melting slowly. I can see her long
nails full with blood as she’s stabbing to the girl who now turns into a man.
And I know that man.

“Jeff!” I call out to him as he falls to the ground. I jump forward
and catch his wounded body. He has been stabbed by Alse and blood splutters
everywhere.

“Your blood is too precious for me. Alice, be strong and stay alive.
I know that you’ll stop Alse one day. Even if my body is not here anymore, but
my spirit will always be with you, Alice. Thank you, for being the best sister
for me,” he coughs more blood. Beatrice is trying her best as she can but she
can’t heal the wound nor stop the blood.

“Jeff, don’t leave me!” I cry and hug him tight.

“Goodbye, Alice,” Jeff whispers his last word to me before he closes
his eyes.

“No!” I gasp. His eyes shut slowly and he stops breathing. I cry
bitterly, hugging his dead body tight. Beatrice also cries as she can’t save
Jeff while Zayne and Stefan turn into a werewolf and howl in sorrow.

Saturday, 19 May 2012

One of all things that I hate the most is to know the ugly truth.
Seriously, I hate the word ugly. Sometimes, when we know the truth, we feel
satisfied. Like the first time I knew that I’m a vampire, I was in the cloud
nine. For me, being a vampire is something that is so cool because I’m
different from normal human beings. I drink blood, I can sleep inside the
coffin and I can disappear into thin air with a single poof!

But the truth can be really disturbing. You see, I read a lot about
the myth and legends of vampires and the other four main clans. When I knew I’m
a vampire, I was afraid to go outside to play with any human friends because a
vampire can’t be exposed to direct sunlight. I tried to avoid my favourite food
which is garlic bread because a vampire can’t even go near the garlic. I
demanded Dad to buy me a coffin because vampires sleep in a coffin.

Dad just laughed when I told him that I didn’t want to go outside,
or eating garlic. The scariest thing of all is the stake. Vampire can be killed
with a stake that strike through the heart. Dad once said that everybody will
die if someone stabs a stake to someone’s heart. Dad loves to play golf every
weekend and brought me along. He said that he didn’t die just because of
sunbathing or stay long under the sun. He even ate garlic bread in front of me,
saying how delicious garlic bread is.

When I grew older, those things are not a bother anymore. I enjoy
sunbathing every summer. I love garlic bread; I can even eat more than ten
garlic bread sticks every morning. I sleep on a cosy bed like everybody does.

That was the day when I learned the truth about modern vampires.

Today, the feeling is different.

Knowing the truth about Alse is really disturbing. After the
shocking meeting with Alse, Jeff told me the truth.

But there’s one more thing that make me distraught. If Alse’s age is
more than 100 years, how old is Grandma Zelda now? And how old are my parents?
And the most important thing, how old am I now?

I search for the book about Alse in the library and this time I
forbid anyone to accompany me here. I need to have my own privacy. I’ve found
one book about dark witches and Alse was the founder. She got more than a
hundred followers back in 500 years ago and all of them were turned into
monsters and goblins. And all of them were females.

But the book didn’t mention much about the early history of Alse.
And I think I need to ask Grandma Zelda herself. She’s the one who knows her
eldest sister. Grandma Zelda is rarely at the Academy since Alse got free from
the seal. I know she’s busy with other Eldest to stop Alse.

I sigh heavily and put the book back on the shelf. I look around the
library and realize that I’m alone. Only the librarian on duty is here but
she’s also busy arranging the books. I walk out of the library and go toward
the fountain.

The air is still but cold tonight. I sit down on the bench and look
up at the dark sky. No stars appear tonight. Maybe it’s cloudy because I can’t
even see the moon. Once I read ghost stories when I was small. Ghosts usually
appear during full moon. A man changed into werewolf during full moon. Werewolf
reminds me of Stefan. And also reminds me of the final test in the enchanted
forest. That incident always makes me smile.

“Looks like you are a little bit calm,” says a deep but gentle voice.

I quickly turn around. Sitting next to me is a man wearing a robe
with hood; the man that I saw at this fountain back then. I yelp and fall from
the bench. That man helps me get up and chuckles lightly. I only can see the
lower part of his pale face and his mouth.

“Sorry for surprising you,” he says as he pulls me up.

“It’s...it’s okay,” I say, brushing the dirt. I don’t know why I
feel like I knew him before. “Who are you?” I ask, staring at him.

“Let’s just say I’m your guardian. It’s not the right time for you
to know me yet, Alice,” he smiles.

“You know my name?” my eyes widen.

“Of course I do. Everybody knows you, Alice. I mean, everybody in
this beautiful, majestic Academy knows you. A vamp-girl who is smart and loves
adventure,” his smiles never fade from his face.

I’m still blinking while staring at him.

“Don’t be so stiff, Alice. I won’t hurt you. I’m your guardian,
remember? A guardian is supposed to protect his master,” he says gently.

“I thought that you’re a ghost. I saw you here, a long time ago. And
then, when I woke up, I was somewhere else. And Stefan said that I fainted,” I say.

“That’s because I hypnotised you. I’m sorry for doing that but I
really wanted to see you that time. Nobody else can see me except you, Alice,”
he says.

“What? Why?” I ask and this time it’s getting curious.

“Because you’ve been chosen to have me as your guardian,” he
replies.

“Who ordered you to be my guardian? I don't need one, for your
information. I can take care of myself,” I say firmly. “I don’t mean to let you
down. But, seriously, I don’t need any guardian whom I don’t know the identity.”

He chuckles again and looks up to the sky.

“Like I said, it’s not the right time for you to know about me. But,”
he looks at me, “one day, when you need help, I’ll come to serve you.”

Then he disappears. How I hate this kind of situation! One minute he’s
here, the next he’s gone.

“Alice? What are you doing here? I thought that you’re in the
library,” Stefan appears and once again I yelp and fell on the ground. “Are you
okay?”

“Oh, for the bloody vamp!” I grumble irately as I stand up one more
time. “You know what, I hate falling down from the bench!”

Stefan clears his throat. “Sorry, Alice. I didn’t mean to fright you.
I want to tell you that Jeff wants to hold an urgent meeting right now. Both of
us need to be there,” he says.

We rush to the room where Jeff holds the meeting. There are only 6
people in this room including me and Stefan. We take a seat and listen to what
Jeff wants to say. He explains the current situation of Alse. She’s trying to
destroy the Academy since Grandma Zelda is the founder of this place. But she’s
still lack of her powerful dark magic and we, as the first class assassin, need
to stop her from killing innocent people and protect our clans and our Academy.

“We’re in critical situation and we need plans and strategies to
stop Alse. Starting from tomorrow night, all of us will have our own position.
But tonight, I’ve decided the position for all of you here. Alice and Stefan,”
Jeff turns to me with a serious face, “your position is here, in this Academy.”

“What?” I snap and stand up abruptly. Everyone gasps as I bang my
hand on the table. “What do you mean my position is here?”

Monday, 14 May 2012

No one knows where exactly Alse and Cody are hiding. After getting
some information from Squad 3, Jeff picks 5 people for Special Searching Squad
including me and Stefan. The other three are Zayne, Raven and her twin sister
Macie. Raina is supposed to be in our group but regarding to her carelessness,
Jeff picks Macie. Even though Macie’s spell casting skill is not as good as
Raina but she doesn’t act recklessly as Raina.

Hiding in shadows is my favourite ability. After being blooded, I
have gone through a lot of training and this is one of the abilities that I
really enjoy the most. To be an assassin, you must know how to hide yourself.
Zayne and Stefan are hiding somewhere up on the tree and they are still in
human mode. Raven shifts herself to bat to sense any magical wave from Alse.
Macie and Jeff are making themselves invisible.

I slip from shadow to shadow. Tonight is the lucky night because the
sky is quite clear and I can see the moon shines down to earth. Even though
it’s not a full moon but at least it produces light to create the shadows.
Then, I heard something rustling nearby. I stop and sharpen my hearing and my
night vision.

I heard someone’s talking I use telepathy and connect to all my group members.

Where are you, Alice? Asks Jeff. I think he’s not too far from where I’m standing right
now.

A bat flies over me and lands on my shoulder. I know it’s Raven.

Did you get anything? I ask.

There are rows of houses
nearby and I sense a strong magic near the fourth house from the left. Says Raven. I nod. Alse is hiding among the humans because she needs
human blood to stay alive, for now.

Cody must be with her right
now. Let’s go and check it out. I’m ready to leap
to another shadow but Stefan stops me from behind.

I don’t think you should go
there by yourself, Alice. He holds my shoulder
before I leap.

I’m not alone, Stefan.
Raven is with me. I hiss.

But it might be dangerous.
Just wait the signal from Macie and Jeff. Zayne says that they are planning
something. Says Stefan.

Stefan is right, Alice.
It’s too dangerous. We’re dealing with the top-rank bad-ass. There’s no way
it’s going to be easy. Besides, we just want to know their hideout and the
proof that Cody is with her. Raven hops to the
branch and shifts back to normal.

We wait there for a couple of minute until we hear something weird
nearby. Suddenly, I can feel a chill down to my spine. There’s a young woman
with grey night gown standing near the tree where we hide.

Something wrong with that
woman! We need to scram! Raven screams inside her
head.

She swings her hands towards us.

Watch out! Stefan grabs my waist and jumps off the tree. Raven quickly shifts
into a leopard and jumps with me and Stefan.

“Thanks, Stefan,” I say while panting hard. Stefan nods and stands
in front of us. That woman really scares me and I don’t know why.

“Aww, you want to be a hero tonight, little cub,” that woman smiles
evilly to us.

“Not only him, you old hag,” Jeff and the others appear within a
second. “We’re going to stop you.”

That woman laughs. “You want to stop me?”

“What’s so funny, Alse? Or you just laugh because you’re
outnumbered?” says Zayne. He stands side by side with Jeff and ready to fight.

That woman is Alse? But she’s too young!

“You’re right, Alice dear. I look young but I’m an old hag, just
like your brother said. I want to be young forever and powerful. These humans
give me what I need!” she smiles evilly at me.

She reads my mind? That’s mean, all this time, she heard us!

“Not really, Alice. I can’t read mind just like you did. But I hear
certain whispers inside here,” she points to her head.

“Where’s Cody?” demands Zayne in a serious tone.

“Why do you want to know about my lovely pet? He’s mine, you damn
wolf,” she scowls to Zayne but Zayne stays calm. “I don’t want to play with you,
kids, tonight. I’m saving my playtime for a special occasion, even though you
bring me what I need the most,” she chuckles.

“But at least I’ll show you my true self a little bit,” she smirks
and slowly changes her appearance into an old hag. After her transformation, I
suddenly gasp as I see her face.

“Looks like my little prey is getting scared,” she says in a
singsong voice. Then she laughs heartily like she’s seeing a funny movie.

“Well, I think I better get going now since I’m not in the mood to
drink two precious bloods. Besides, it’s not even a full moon tonight. I’ll let
you play with my cute little goblins!” She snaps her fingers and three ugly
goblins appear. She, on the other hand, disappears into thin air.

Zayne, Jeff and Macie fight the goblins and within a second, they
defeat those goblins. I don’t know why my legs are shaking wildly and I’m still
holding Stefan’s hand tightly. I can feel the bead of sweats trickle down from
my forehead.

“Alice, are you okay? God, you look pale!” asks Raven as she shifts
back to normal, again.

Saturday, 5 May 2012

I never saw Stefan in such a worrying face before. After the
terrible incident, we went back to the Academy and Stefan dashed to the Healing
Chambers. This place looks like a hospital where doctors and nurses shuffle
here and there, treating patient and handling operations. My second cousin,
Aiden, works in this chamber but I haven’t seen him after the blooding
ceremony.

Stefan and I and the rest of his family are waiting at the waiting
room as Granddaddy Saba is being treated in the healing ward. Actually, it is
not right for me being here because I am not part of the clan. But Stefan’s
family wanted me to stay. They said that I’m part of the family too.

I sit beside Stefan, holding his hand as he sighs heavily. I squeeze
his hand, telling him that Granddaddy is going to be fine. I’m also praying for
him. Everyone is very quiet except for Tavis who is sobbing bitterly. Stefan
soothes him by patting gently on his back but the sobbing is getting louder.
Stefan lets go off my hand gently and pulls Tavis to his hugs. Even though
Tavis is not the youngest in the family but Tavis is a soft-hearted person.

Nash gets out from one of the healing room. His right shoulder has
been treated but still need to be bandaged. He kneels in front of us, saying
sorry that he couldn’t save Granddaddy Saba. Uncle Azure and Aunt Amethyst
assure him that it was not his fault.

Nash tells us everything for what had happened during the mission.
Cody was in the group, too, as one of the trackers. Then the monsters appeared
and they attacked Nash’s team. Granddaddy Saba fought those monsters and got
some scratches. Suddenly, Cody attacked Granddaddy Saba from behind.

“It happened too fast, Father,” Nash begins to sob. “I’ve tried to
stop Cody but I failed. Cody’s body got bigger and the eyes were flashy red. He
bit me on the shoulder and wounded the rest of us.”

“It’s the work of magic,” I gasp and every eye of the Silvers locks
their gaze at me.

“Magic?” Zayne breaks the silence.

“Yes. I’ve read in the book once, about Alse. She’s expert in
performing dark arts and magic. And she also can control someone under her
spells,” I explain.

“Or maybe he works under Alse for certain reasons. We need to
discuss about this with the Board,” says Uncle Azure.

“And if there any attacks again, we’ll be ready for it!” Stefan
stands up and so I am.

“Woah! Calm down young man and you too, young lady. You guys have
already joined the battle and you two must be tired right now. It’s time for me
and your mother in action. We’ve been waiting for this moment for so long, am I
right, my dear Amy?” Uncle Azure wraps his hand around Aunt Amethyst shoulder
and both of them giggle. I see there’s nothing funny about this. But I know
Uncle Azure loves adventure, just like Dad.

Then, Deena and Beatrice come out from the healing ward, sigh in
relief. I can read on their face that Granddaddy Saba is safe.

“How’s Granddaddy?” asks Zayne, approaching both of them who take
out their gloves.

“He’s in stable condition but need a lot of rest. He can’t get involved
in any battle in one month,” replies Beatrice.

“Oh yes, I need to confirm about something with the Silvers. While
we’re healing Mr. Saba, he mumbled some names such as Baby Blondie, Grey-Eye Lola
and Crunchy Cindy,” says Deena.

At the same time, Stefan looks down on the ground, blushing deeply.
Now our gazes lock to Stefan. Even Tavis has stopped sobbing and stares at his
brother.

“Umm…actually,” Stefan scratches his finger to his cheek, “those
names are the names of his favourite cupcakes,” says Stefan shyly.

It’s been a week after the incident happened and Cody is nowhere to
be found. The trackers and scavengers are still hunting for him. Maybe he’s
with Alse in their hideout or maybe he runs away, far away from here. Since he’s
under magic spell, the trackers and scavengers are having difficulties in finding
him.

Stefan and I visit Granddaddy Saba who is getting very well. He’s
not satisfied when he was announced by Beatrice and Deena not to move a lot and
must rest a lot. He’s a type of person who doesn’t like to be in one place for
a long time, especially lying on bed, doing nothing.

I know he’s getting bored, day by day, and that’s why Stefan and I
visit him every day. Sometimes Zayne and Tavis join us too. Even Jeff came last
two days, brought Granddaddy Saba a bouquet of daffodil with a box of butter
cookies. Granddaddy Saba is quite amusing with all the visitors who come to
visit since last week.

I also learned baking cupcakes with Stefan. He’s damn good in
cooking, just like Ace. He does the cooking at home, almost every day. Since I
came to visit Granddaddy Saba, I learn lots of secret talent of Stefan. Stefan is
not also good in cooking but also in knitting and sewing. Granddaddy Saba told
me that Stefan can knit scarf within 3 hours. I can’t even do knitting!

“I made some special cupcakes for you, Granddaddy,” I say as Stefan
and I visit him on the ninth day. And he’s getting better.

“Oh, special cupcakes from my granddaughter-in-law! That’s very nice
of you, sweetheart,” he smiles.

Stefan helps him to lean against the bed post and I show him 6
cupcakes that I made this morning with Stefan.

“Well, Stefan taught me,” I giggle. “Try them, Granddaddy.”

Granddaddy Saba takes one cupcakes which he calls Baby Blondie, a
chocolate cupcake with light yellow icing on top. I even spread some colourful
rice cakes on top of it. He takes a bite and smiles widely.

“It’s good! This one taste so good!” he praises. “Looks like you
surpass your teacher, Alice.”

Stefan and I giggle.

“Well, she’s been practiced for three days to make Baby Blondie,
Granddaddy. And she’s getting better in her cooking too,” says Stefan as he
wraps his hand around my shoulder.

Stefan and I are getting closer and closer since the first day we
visited Granddaddy Saba. We’re so happy to him smiling and chuckling. After
staying in the wards for more than 10 days, Granddaddy Saba is discharged. But
he still can’t do any heavy work and need rest. And this time, Tavis is going
to take care of him for he is very close to his grandfather.

Even though things look better but the danger is still out there.
Mom, Dad and the rest of the elders are still searching and spying on Alse. She’s
not disguising as Yvonne anymore as her appearance has been revealed. Stefan
and I are back in our assassin team under Jeff’s order.

About Me

Disclaimer

The stories in this blog are 100% original. There are no plagiarism, no copy and paste from other books or resources.

All the ideas and plots pop out from the head of yours truly. I got the ideas and inspiration to write everywhere; when I was driving my car, when I walked down to the class, when I was daydreaming inside the toilet and I even got the idea in the dreams.

There might be some similarities with other books in terms of characters and titles. But all the stories originally come from my head.